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This week's meeting between Pope Francis and President Obama holds great promise in a time of turmoil, though not necessarily in the ways some may hope.
In anticipation of the meeting, everyone seems to want a piece of the pope. The head of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good has posted a petition on the White House's "We the People" website that makes a religious case for action on climate change.
Activists pushing for immigration reform are seeking an audience with Pope Francis the day before he meets with Obama. The president has said he wants to discuss his own agenda of tackling poverty and income inequality, the focus of the pope's ministry.
None of these issues can be characterized as hard sells to the leader of the Catholic Church, a man who has eschewed the papal palace for more modest accommodations and strolls the streets of Rome in sensible shoes; who has said we have a duty to protect God's creation; and who is, by the way, South American.
Thus, getting the pope to voice concern about poverty, immigration and environmental conservatism is not likely to require much sweat in the exercise of persuasive powers. Getting to how one accomplishes such things through policy isn't in the pope's wheelhouse. Getting people to examine their own souls is something else.
When the pope and the president look into each other's eyes, they may not see each other's souls, but we know that one of them will be focused intently on its discovery. What happens next is known to no one. But it is inconceivable that the president will not be moved in the presence of such grace. Equally likely is that Pope Francis will discover the pilgrim in Obama.
The rest of the world will see what it needs.
In the U.S., both left and right have projected onto the pope the image they wish to see – that is, a reflection of themselves – rather than the man he truly is. My own observations are gleaned not from a crystal ball but from many conversations with people close to the Vatican and from each man's actions. From these we may infer the verities each holds dear.
We know our president well enough at this point, but our view of the pope has been only a partial image conveyed by commentaries and cameras.
He is the pontiff who pats a stray boy's head when the child tries to keep the pope's attention to himself. He's the leader who wants the church to focus less harshly on the social issues that divide. He is the most unusual pope who organizes a fast and leads a peace vigil opposing U.S. military action in Syria.
And he is the one who asks, "Who am I to judge?" on the subject of gays.
He is beloved because he makes us feel good, pointing us in the direction of our better angels. But he is also human and we should not infer that because he is benevolent, he is also benign. This would be to misunderstand and underestimate him. In his daily homilies, Pope Francis talks frequently about the struggle between good and evil. He quotes from Robert Hugh Benson's 1907 novel "Lord of the World," a story of the anti-Christ.
His earthly concerns may be the least of these, but his primary business is souls.
He is also a cagey, worldly-wise Jesuit – keenly aware of human nature and motivations. In other words, he knows full well that he is the object of a presidential photo-op. But the man whose kind smile reminds us all that we were children once will play his part because, let's face it, he's the pope. His smile for the camera may be interpreted as pleasure with present company, but more likely it will be for the good it might do.
Beneath that kind countenance is a sharp mind well versed in the conflicts between his church and this president. For certain, he will have been thoroughly briefed on the several dozen lawsuits against the Obama administration related to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.
Obviously, not all Americans see the point in all the fuss about contraception, to the extent they care about it at all. The principles in dispute may seem esoteric, but at the end of the day, yes, the pope is Catholic. And though he may bless our president and beam that knowing smile, his prayer for humanity's salvation has no political party affiliation and should be construed by none as such.
Kathleen Parker is a columnist for The Washington Post Writers Group. She can be contacted at [email protected]
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NASHUA — A man was taken into custody at the Radisson Hotel off Spit Brook Road following an hours-long standoff with about a dozen police officers armed with semiautomatic guns and wearing full-body protective suits.
The man, who police did not name late Thursday night, was taken out of the hotel apparently unharmed shortly before 11 p.m. A Nashua bomb squad truck with seven armed officers inside drove to the rear of the building, which was blocked off by police, and about 10 shots of some kind could be heard coming from the rear minutes before the man was taken into custody. A driveway to the back of the hotel was blocked by police.
The hotel was never evacuated except for the fourth floor, where the man was holed up in his hotel room. Guests continued entering and exiting the hotel normally.
Police on the scene would not comment, and no one was available later in the night to offer details, a Nashua dispatcher said. Hotel management also declined comment.
A couple that was staying on the fourth floor said officers knocked on their door at around 4 p.m. and told them they had to leave their room within minutes because of an emergency, which they did not specify. Armed officers could be seen down the hallway, said Jordan McNally of Vermont, who was napping in her hotel room with her boyfriend and infant.
"We were told, 'it's an emergency, it's being taken care of,'" she said.
They were given only minutes to get dressed and leave, Antonio Robinson said.
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"DEAR COLUMNIST: I am 13 years old and in the 8th grade.
"Some of my friends say America will never be able to put back together after the highly divisive Presidential election and that due to hyperpartisanship people will never work together to solve our problems. They say it's getting almost impossible. Papa says if you hear people say it on TV, in newspapers and on blogs then it must be so. Please tell me the truth: can America truly get together after this election? Can there ever be a change that takes place that could move our country towards real problem-solving, or is this as "good" as it can get?
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Virginia, your friends are wrong. As someone who writes this column, loved political science at Colgate, monitors political shows on radio and TV, and who spends hours surfing the internet to edit and write my centrist blog The Moderate Voice, I know how easy it is to get swept up by the early 21st century's rages, passions and melodrama.
You and your friends are picking up the fact that our politics no longer resemble the kind of politics that made America great -- where consensus and compromise were virtues and where politicians perhaps begrudgingly acknowledged the importance of truth and could not blatantly and intentionally ignore it. You're picking up on the tone of our political culture where rudeness, boorishness and aggressiveness are perceived by some as being intelligent. Our political culture has shifted, but just as things shift, they can re-shift -- and it is in the power of you and other young people to do it.
Go back into American history and you'll find many examples of times when compromise -- two principled parties or politicians giving a little, then taking a little to come up with something for the common good that's supported by more than a power-play faction of people -- was a virtue. Legislator and former Secretary of State Henry Clay, Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was even called "The Great Compromiser" for his role in the 1820 Missouri Compromise. Partisans known for compromise today face primaries and are replaced by hyperpartisans.
You see, Virginia, much of American political culture is now set up to define compromise as a "caving" or weakness, and consensus as being in the inaccurately defined "mushy middle." It showers those who are the loudest, most outrageous, and most insulting with attention and riches. Some of today's leaders in both parties do seek compromise and cooperation (note New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and President Barack Obama during Hurricane Sandy) and some may seek consensus, but there are forces that eschew the notion that real political nirvana is when a policy garners the maximum number of populace's participants to buy into it.
American history is filled with figures that cherished the idea of consensus, even while assertively promoting strong ideological ideals: Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ and many more. Gil Troy, in his superb book, "Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents," classifies Ronald Reagan as a "moderate" because he successfully used compromise and consensus.
Strong work to sandbag compromise and consensus. Ideological movements that demonize opponents and seek to shrink once-big political tents. Corporations selling and broadcasting popular talk shows and cable shows that rake in big bucks by harnessing, communicating, and enlarging resentment and anger to build audience share that's then sold to advertisers. The ideological cable channels increasingly celebrate political incivility.
Still, there courageous politicians and media types and America has a strong center. Many young people in their teens and 20s that I talked to and emailed these past two years make it clear they look with revulsion on hyperpartisanship, and the verbal and written screaming and insulting associated with it. Many wish there was a strong third party movement.
The fact you and others ask this question means you may -- and can -- make it different. Other generations made it different in positive (the Greatest Generation) and negative (Baby Boomers) ways. Your generation can do it in a positive way again.
Joe Gandelman is a veteran journalist who wrote for newspapers overseas and in the United States. He has appeared on cable news show political panels and is Editor-in-Chief of The Moderate Voice, an Internet hub for independents, centrists and moderates. CNN's John Avlon named him as one of the top 25 Centrists Columnists and Commentators. He can be reached at email@example.com. You can follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/joegandelman
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H-Drive is a Mixed Blessing in Infiniti's M35
After decades of scoffing at it, I have become not just a fan but a connoisseur of cruise control. This stems from an encounter last July between two Maine state troopers, one in a Ford Interceptor and the other overhead in a Cessna 182, and me in a 470-horsepower Chrysler 300 SRT8. It was friendly and even semi-humorous, but now my driver's license has a blot on it.
Which means no more, "Sir, I see you have no violations so I'll let you off with a warning." Which in turn means tiptoeing down the interstates more carefully than ever. (My insurance is high enough.) The best way to stay under the radar, literally, is to set the cruise control at something barely permissible—I like 78—and then clear the left lane so the dudes doing 85 or 90 can blow by and attract the heat.
So far, so good. With proper cruise control, it isn't even that boring; and the one in the Infiniti M35h may be the best I've tried.
Here's how modern interactive/adaptive cruise control works: Turn it on. Toggle up or down to set the precise speed. (MPH appears in a little window.) Adjust the interval (approximately two, three or four school-bus lengths behind the car in front). Withdraw foot from throttle. The genie maintains the set speed until it "sees" traffic ahead; then it slows your car to the same speed and holds the pre-set gap. If the obstruction isn't moving, or it stops, cruise control should bring you to a stop too. (It can't yet swerve you into an empty lane.)
However, few CCs do this with the smoothness of a human brain processing distance and speed and fluidly adjusting throttle, brakes and steering. Faced with an obstacle, many such CCs just freak out—chop the throttle abruptly, then get back onto the gas only agonizingly slowly after you've nosed your car to the side. But not this Infiniti; its ICC, Intelligent Cruise Control, really is. The transitions are smooth but positive and relatively quick; braking and acceleration are pretty much what most of us do. ICC lacks only a "tailgate" setting—to impress upon the hellspawn clogging the passing lane that it's high time to move over—but Infiniti has (probably wisely) resisted this.
ICC can slow the M35h to a crawl and then recover—even from toll booths, at least if you have E-ZPass. The system flawlessly negotiated I-95 from Massachusetts through Connecticut and right across Manhattan to the George Washington Bridge with no human inputs beyond steering. At the GW, however, we learned that once the Infiniti comes to a complete stop, ICC shuts down and has to be re-booted.
Why, you're wondering, the lecture on cruise control? Because the rest of the M35h is so compromised.
It's not the cabin or the comforts and conveniences, which are every inch what is expected from a $66,245 sedan loaded with Technology, Deluxe and Premium packages. (Although the satnav did go into an endless Groundhog Day loop in metro DC, complete with an unfinished highway on-ramp.) Nor is it the advanced suspension, which produces a refined and controlled ride.
No, the compromise is in the M35h's hybrid gas-electric drive, which on the one hand is quite fuel-efficient but on the other suffers from horrid lag whenever the computer has to choose between the two. At a stop, the genie sits and thinks, OK, what's it gonna be . . . ? while the driver's foot sinks ever farther toward the floor. And then a rush of torque catapults the car ahead like a demented rabbit. When we lift off the throttle in surprise, the car sags back into the wet sand again. Not even the multi-mode, adaptive 7-speed transmission helps; the Sport setting just amplifies the abruptness, and don't even try Eco unless you're just morbidly curious.
Fortunately, once it's up to speed, the M35h stays there with considerable aplomb and even fuel economy. Thirty MPG at 78 MPH in a luxury car is commendable, but this particular good deed does not go unpunished. Infiniti, get the h out! Or tune it up to restore the sweet harmony between man and machine—as in your other M sedans, the 37 and 56.


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KBDCONTROL(1) BSD General Commands Manual KBDCONTROL(1) NAME kbdcontrol -- a utility for manipulating the syscons console driver SYNOPSIS kbdcontrol [-dFKix] [-b duration.pitch | belltype] [-r delay.repeat | speed] [-l keymap_file] [-f # string] [-h size] [-k keyboard_device] [-L keymap_file] DESCRIPTION The kbdcontrol command is used to set various keyboard related options for the syscons(4) console driver and the keyboard drivers, such as key map, keyboard repeat and delay rates, bell characteristics etc. Keyboard options may be automatically configured at system boot time by setting variables in /etc/rc.conf. See Boot Time Configuration below. The following command line options are supported: -b duration.pitch | belltype Set the bell duration in milliseconds and pitch in hertz. If a belltype argument is specified, it may be one of normal which sets sound parameters back to normal values, off which disables the bell entirely, or visual which sets the bell to visual mode, i.e. flashes the screen instead. If belltype is preceded by the word quiet., the bell will not be rung when the ringing process is in the background vty. -r delay.repeat | speed Set keyboard delay (250, 500, 750, 1000) and repeat (34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 55, 59, 63, 68, 76, 84, 92, 100, 110, 118, 126, 136, 152, 168, 184, 200, 220, 236, 252, 272, 304, 336, 368, 400, 440, 472, 504) rates, or if a speed argument is specified, it may be one of slow (1000.504), fast (250.34) or normal (500.126). -l keymap_file Install keyboard map file from keymap_file. You may load the keyboard map file from a menu-driven command, kbdmap(1). -d Dump the current keyboard map onto stdout. The output may be redirected to a file and can be loaded back to the kernel later by the -l option above. -f # string Set function key number # to send string. Refer to the man page for the keyboard driver (e.g. atkbd(4)) for available function keys and their numbers. -F Set function keys back to the standard definitions. -x Use hexadecimal numbers in keyboard map dump. -h size Set history buffer size to size lines. -i Print brief information about the keyboard. -K Disconnect the keyboard from the console. You need to use the -k option below to associate a keyboard with the console again. -k keyboard_device Use the specified device as the console keyboard. When using this option, the standard input of the kbdcontrol process should be redirected from /dev/console if you are not working on the system console (see the EXAMPLES section). -L keymap_file Load keyboard map file from keymap_file and write the struct keymap compiled from it to stdout. This option is primarily in- tended for programmers and is probably of little use under normal circumstances. KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION Boot Time Configuration You may set variables in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/rc.conf.local in order to configure the keyboard at boot time. The following is the list of rele- vant variables. keymap Specifies a keyboard map file for the -l option. keyrate Sets the keyboard repeat rate for the -r option. keychange Lists function key strings for the -f option. See rc.conf(5) for details. Driver Configuration The keyboard device driver may let you change default configuration op- tions, such as the default keyboard map, so that you do not need to set up the options at boot time. See keyboard driver manuals (e.g. atkbd(4), ukbd(4)) for details. FILES /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* keyboard map files EXAMPLES The following command will load the keyboard map file /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ru.koi8-r.kbd. kbdcontrol -l /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/ru.koi8-r.kbd So long as the keyboard map file resides in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps, you may abbreviate the file name as ru.koi8-r. kbdcontrol -l ru.koi8-r The following command will make the function key 10 emit "telnet myhost". kbdcontrol -f 10 "telnet myhost" In order to get the visual effect for bell, but prevent the screen from flushing if the bell is to ring in the background screen, run the follow- ing command. kbdcontrol -b quiet.visual To change the default console keyboard to the another keyboard, for exam- ple the first USB keyboard (see ukbd(4)), use the following commands. kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd1 < /dev/console To switch back to the default keyboard, use this command. kbdcontrol -k /dev/kbd0 BUGS Report when found. SEE ALSO kbdmap(1), vidcontrol(1), atkbd(4), keyboard(4), screen(4), syscons(4), ukbd(4), kbdmap(5), rc.conf(5) AUTHORS Soren Schmidt <firstname.lastname@example.com> BSD June 30, 1999 BSD
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Pandora's Android app transmits a plethora of personal information to third parties after all, at least according to an analysis done by security firm Veracode. The company decided to do a follow-up on the news that Pandora—among other mobile app makers—was being investigated by a federal grand jury, and found that data about the user's birth date, gender, Android ID, and GPS information were all being sent to various advertising companies.
Earlier this week, Pandora revealed that it had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury to produce documents about its user data collection practices on Android and iOS devices. The company said that it believes the subpoena is part of an industry-wide investigation into popular applications on both platforms. The Wall Street Journal quickly followed up on the news by reporting that the purpose of the investigation is to find out whether app makers fully describe to users the kinds of information they obtain and why they need it. One other iOS developer, Anthony Campiti, said that he also got a subpoena over his app, "Pumpkin Maker."
Veracode decided to dig into Pandora's Android app to see exactly what kinds of data might be transmitted (there was no reason given as to why they left iOS out, but it sounds like the team did it out of curiosity and Android is what they had on hand). According to Veracode's analysis, Pandora's app seems to be integrated with five separate ad libraries: AdMarvel, AdMob, comScore (SecureStudies), Google.Ads, and Medialets.
The team verified that the AdMob library accesses the user's GPS information and various data about the application itself, such as package name and version info. That's relatively benign, but Veracode says there are other references that appear to transmit a user's birthday, gender, and postal code. Additionally, the app appears to send the user's Android ID, and seems to continually access the user's GPS location for updates.
"The analysis into the remaining libraries resulted in even more of the same," Veracode wrote on its blog. "The SecureStudies library accesses the android_id and directly sends a hash of the data to http://b.scorecardresearch.com while the Medialets library accesses the device's GPS location, bearing, altitude, android_id, connection status, network information, device brand, model, release revision, and current IP address."
Pandora has argued that it needs the user information so that it can continue delivering personalized music streams. Veracode's analysis, however, shows that Pandora isn't just collecting that information for itself, but is also using it for advertising purposes. If the grand jury ends up coming to the same conclusion, Pandora (and other app makers) could be facing legal difficulties.
"[Y]our personal information is being transmitted to advertising agencies in mass quantities," wrote Veracode. "In isolation some of this data is uninteresting, but when compiled into a single unifying picture, it can provide significant insight into a person's life... When all that is placed into a single basket, it's pretty easy to determine who someone is, what they do for a living, who they associate with, and any number of other traits about them. I don't know about you, but that feels a little Orwellian to me."
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Today Let Teddy Win brings you a guest post by Brian Ketchum, who recently chaperoned a group of 78 U.S. history students from Hillwood Middle School in Ft. Worth TX to Washington, DC to visit Nationals Park and cheer for Teddy Roosevelt:
As Hillwood Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas got ready for our yearly 8th grade trip to Washington D.C., we asked the kids, what do you want to do when you are in D.C.? One thing that everyone wanted was to see a game at Nationals Park.
The teachers, already well aware, informed the kids of the tradition at the ballpark, the President Race, and LetTeddyWin.com; so when it was time to design t-shirts for the week, the kids overwhelming voted on custom National jerseys with Roosevelt #26 on them.
Before the game began, we made an "executive" decision to make a rare visit to Theodore Roosevelt Island to see Teddy himself, and look for guidance before we went to cheer him on. Some of the kids wondered if having so many fans there would push Teddy to victory. After each member of the group touched him for good luck, we headed to the ballpark.
We loved Nationals Park. It's immaculately clean, from the concourse, to the seats, to even the bathrooms. The ushers were very nice and helpful for such a large group of Teddy fans. The view of the Capitol dome and Washington Monument from the Right Field Terrace are stunning.
The game was cruising along with pitchers for both teams working fast, and before you knew, the Presidents were off and running. This race was just ridiculous! The kids yelled "LET'S GO TEDDY" over and over, but they moved the finish line to the opposite side and Abe biked instead of running. Needless to say, the Teddy fans felt cheated. This is no way to treat a Bull Moose. We firmly believe that Abe should be tested for PEDs.
After the race, while some of the kids were looking for the eight pound StrasBurger, (they didn't find it), the game got interesting. Both managers emptied their bullpens as the game wore on. The crowd shrunk as the game entered extra innings.
We received a surprise visit from Teddy, who came and joined us in section 238. He combed his moustache, cleaned his glasses, and took photos with the group. It was pretty cool to meet the great Hero of San Juan Hill. The kids were excited.
The Teddy fans were exhausted and ready for bed, but they had decided they were staying until the last out. A few of them, (myself included) admitted they were hoping it would go to the 13th for an extra innings President's race.
The Nationals TV and scoreboard crew must have noticed the loud group from the living Hillwood Middle school because they showed us over and over on the TV broadcast along with nearly every half inning on the HD scoreboard.
The Mets rallied from behind to take leads in the top of the eighth, 10th and 12th innings — only to have the Nationals tie the game in the bottom of the frame each time. The game was finally won on Bryce Harper's first career walk off. History was witnessed.
Hopefully the first of many.
After years of being the NL East's doormat, The new Nationals are 1st in War, 1st in Peace, and 1st in the National League East.
Now if only we could bust this trust and give Teddy a shot to bask in the glory. Maybe he'll win the first playoff game. Maybe that will be this year…
Photos/Brian Ketchum. For more on the Hillwood DC trip visit Coachketcham.com.


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- Please note that the Raspberry Pi wiki pages on this site are a community work, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is not responsible for content on these pages
- Please note that the Raspberry Pi isn't released yet - this page is a community work in progress in preparation for the launch
The Raspberry Pi is an ultra-low-cost (~15GBP or 25USD) credit-card sized Linux computer for teaching computer programming to children. It is developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409). The foundation exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing.
We expect this computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world.
- Products are RoHS and CE compliant. Please contact Raspberry Pi for details regarding WEEE in your country.
- For Raspberry Pi frequently asked questions (FAQ) see FAQ.
- forum thread about Rpi events & attendances http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/conferences-and-other-public-appearances
- You've just got your new Raspberry Pi device - what now? See beginners guides.
- Estimated availability (as of 31st December 2011) is end January 2012 for the first batch of 10 000. On 31st December 2011 at 22:00, the Foundation auctioned the first two of ten beta boards on a seven-day auction. The following eight were auctioned on the following days. Initially, there will be shipping from the UK and possibly the US, but will probably expand with local distributors by the second quarter of 2012.
R-Pi Hub - Experimental Wiki Homepage (In Progress)
- main article: Rpi Hardware
The first product is about the size of a credit card, and is designed to plug into a TV or be combined with a touch screen for a low cost tablet. It comes in two tastes, A and B, with B having more features. The expected price is 25$ for model A, and 35$ for model B. The GPIO pins on each board allow the use of optional expansion boards.
|Model A
|Model B
|Target price:[1]
|System-on-a-chip (SoC):[1]
|Broadcom BCM2835 (CPU + GPU + SDRAM)
|700 MHz ARM11 ARM1176JZF-S core
|Broadcom VideoCore IV,OpenGL ES 2.0,OpenVG 1080p30 H.264 high-profile encode/decode
|Memory (SDRAM):
|128 MiB
|256 MiB
|USB 2.0 ports:
|1(provided by the BCM2835)
|2 (via integrated USB hub)
|Video outputs:[1]
|Composite video|Composite RCA, HDMI (not at the same time)
|Audio outputs:[1]
|TRS connector|3.5 mm jack, HDMI
|Audio inputs:
|none, but a USB mic or sound-card could be added
|Onboard Storage:
|Secure Digital|SD / MMC / SDIO card slot
|Onboard Network:[1]
|10/100 wired Ethernet RJ45
|Low-level peripherals:
|General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins, Serial Peripheral Interface Bus (SPI), I²C, I²S, Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART)
|Real-time clock:[1]
|Power ratings (provisional, from alpha board):
|500mA, (2.5 Watt) [1]
|700mA, (3.5 Watt)
|Power source:[1]
|5V via Micro USB or GPIO header
|85.60mm x 53.98mm[2] (3.370 × 2.125 inch)
- main article: Rpi Software
The Raspberry Pi is a fully capable ARM computer, so it should be able to run about everything compiled for ARM (within specifications) with little or no modification. (some more explanation needed, for example how it uses the sd card and distribution and GPU blob etc. keep it short, long in the main article)
Accessories & Peripherals
- Verified pheripherals: RaspberryPiBoardVerifiedPeripherals
- Main article: Rpi Cases
A protective case is an often-cited required accessory. Cases are likely to be offered both directly from Raspberry Pi and from 3rd party companies such as Special Computing. But given the small form factor and power requirements, you could easily put it in about everything: Rpi case thread
Power Adapters
Most power adaptors for modern cell phones will do (look for the microUSB connector)
- See also Power Ratings
- Power supply Warning: Cheap-ass knock-offs usually cannot cope with the power demand of the Rpi, so watch out!
- Main article: Rpi Screens
The Broadcom BCM2835 only provides HDMI output and composite output (the yellow plug on your tv). While the HDMI output is easily converted to DVI using a passive adaptor, it cannot be converted to VGA.
- Even HDMI to DVI and then DVI to VGA won't work, as there is no analog signal needed for VGA.
about the SD card & external HDD's
Expansion boards
- main page: Rpi expansion boards
It is planned that expansion boards will be offered both by Raspberry Pi Foundation and by 3rd parties during 2012.
- The first expansion board, nicknamed Gertboard after Gert van Loo, the developer of the Gerboard and one of the principal Hardware Engineers for Raspberry Pi, was announced on 17th December 2011: [1]
- On 2nd January 2012, CJE/4D announced that they have a real-time clock (RTC) expansion board in the works: [2]
Low-level peripherals
- Main article: Rpi Low-level peripherals
If you want your board to DO something, like driving a motor, reading a sensor or communicating with another device, on a low (hardware) level, try reading the article. A simpler solution could be a Rpi Gertboard, which provides much of the electronics to do just that. The board brings out the GPIO pins, next to UART,SPI,I2C and the 5v and 3v3 rail in a 2x13 50mil expansion header. The MIPI CSI-2 interface is brought out to unpopulated pads.
- The MIPI interface is used for camera's.
A manual is currently in production by members of the Computing At School working group. This began on the 13 October 2011 and is due to be ready for early March 2012. The manual is aimed at the project's target audience, children, so that they can take their "First steps in Computing Science".
For the first release (~January/February 2012), there will mostly likely be very minimal documentation. A 'schools' release is due in June/July 2012.
Raspberry Pi will ship worldwide to the best of their ability (ie subject to UK export and local import laws).
Countries that may block the import due to their local laws include China (products imported or re-imported into China require a CCC certificate). This author is unaware if development boards such as the Raspberry Pi require a CCC certificate.
Countries that are currently subject to UK (including EU and UN) export restrictions include North Korea, Iran, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Zimbabwe. A full list and further details are provided at http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1084100244
Raspberry Pi devices will ship from the UK (and possibly US) and Raspberry Pi will be looking to sign up distribution partners in due course.
Articles & Links
- Articles&Links page (not frequently updated)
- educational links (not frequently updated)
- The layout for this page is based on the excellent BeagleBoard page on this site. (Before it was cut to pieces)
- Some of the text on this page has been adapted from contributions made by the contributors to the BeagleBoard page on this site.


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On Monday, the "hacktivist" group Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) briefly took over the Twitter account of the satirical news publication The Onion, posting a series of anti-Israeli "joke" stories and an anti-Obama "meme" image. The Onion returned fire with its own joke story, "Syrian Electronic Army Has A Little Fun Before Inevitable Upcoming Death At Hands of Rebels."
Putting all jokes aside, The Onion's technology team yesterday made a post describing how the SEA had managed to compromise the accounts of a number of employees and take control of the Twitter feed—a series of phishing attacks that took advantage of the organization's use of Google Apps.
According to The Onion's Chris Sinchok, the attack started as a series of phishing e-mails to Onion staff members, which included a link to what appeared to be a Washington Post article. The URL was actually a link to a hacked website that redirected to a fake Google Apps login page. "At least one Onion employee fell for this phase of the phishing attack," the security team reported in the blog post. That employee's credentials were used to gain access to the employee's Google Apps e-mail account, which was then used by the attackers to send further phishing attacks from an internal Onion address, using a link to the same fraudulent Google Apps login page.
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These embarrassingly simple methods were apparently used in similar attacks by SEA on the Associated Press, the Guardian, and E! Online over the past few weeks. "All of these hacks so far have been a result of simple phishing or possibly dictionary attacks—all of which are preventable with a few simple security measures," the Onion tech team wrote.
The first isn't really all that simple—teaching users not to fall for suspicious links that ask them for their logins. Keeping social media accounts connected to e-mails other than normal internal e-mail addresses and using a separate password-protected application to manage social media accounts would also have prevented the hack, or at least made it more difficult. And the Onion team also suggested having some out-of-band way to communicate with staff about breaches other than e-mail to prevent attackers from using alerts as a tool to extend their breach.
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On the heels of the Onion hack, the SEA also claimed to have taken control of a SCADA system for "main infrastructural systems" in the Israeli city of Haifa. The announcement of the hack included a PDF file with screenshots of what appears to be an industrial control system management console in Windows XP (in Hebrew) for some sort of pumping station. The claim, published on May 6, said the attack was retribution for the bombing of what the Israeli Defense Force claimed was a shipment of missiles from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
"It's hard to say how legitimate the whole thing is," said Wolfgang Kandek, Chief Technology Officer of security firm Qualys. "Why would you announce that you had hacked a SCADA system and then prove it to give the defenders a chance to lock it down and clean it up? If you wanted to do something, you would keep it secret."
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Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-WA, (R) holds up a layoff notification during a news conference at the US Capitol on the eve of the budget sequester on February 28, 2013 in Washington, DC. Credit: AFP/Getty Images
WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) -- Senate Democrats unveiled a largely stand-pat budget Wednesday that calls for $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade but actually increases spending, while protecting the party's domestic policy priorities and adding $4 trillion more to the national debt rather than a slashing alternative from House Republicans.
It is Senate Democrats' first proposed budget in four years.
The plan by Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) blends about $1 trillion in modest cuts to health care providers, the Pentagon, domestic agencies and interest payments on the debt with an equal amount in new revenue claimed by closing tax breaks.
But because Democrats want to restore $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts over the same period - cuts imposed by Washington's failure to strike a broader budget pact - Murray's blueprint increases spending slightly when compared with current policies.
On the other side of Capitol Hill, House Budget Committee Republicans barreled ahead with an entirely opposite approach that whacks spending by $4.6 trillion over the coming decade, promises sweeping cuts to Medicaid and domestic agencies while setting a path to balancing the government's books within 10 years.
The House panel was expected to approve the plan, by Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) late Wednesday by a party-line vote; Murray's plan was set to be approved by the Democratic-led Senate panel on Thursday. Both measures face floor debates next week.
Even as Democrats controlling the Senate and the strongly conservative House moved in divergent directions, President Barack Obama again traveled to the Capitol to open a dialogue with lawmakers. Wednesday's meeting was with House Republicans, who welcomed the gesture even as they noted that deep divisions remain.
"We've got a big difference between us," said Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.). "He supports higher tax revenues."
But Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Obama told Republicans that he also supports a revised inflation adjustment called "chained CPI" that would curb cost-of-living increases in Social Security benefits and increase tax revenue through slower indexing of income tax brackets. He also supports "means testing" for Medicare benefits that would require higher-income beneficiaries to pay more for their health care.
Cole said Obama told them everyone needs to honestly confront the political barriers to reining in popular benefit programs like Medicare and Social Security. "He said, `Your people don't want entitlement reform either. Go home and poll them.'"
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"Is it really possible that after four years, the majority has failed to identify any reforms? That all we have is just a tax-and-spend budget that makes no alteration to our dangerous debt course?" said the top Budget Committee Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. "Does the majority believe the government is perfect and requires no reform?"
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This year, it's taken as a given that the tea party-driven House and Democratic-led Senate won't be able to resolve their differences absent an agreement driven by the president. Obama has had two failed rounds of talks with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and now seems to be looking to the Senate as a potential partner with which to spark a potential breakthrough.
In that context, the rival Murray and Ryan budget plans don't seem to offer a path forward. Even a cursory look at them reveals gaping differences.
Ryan's plan promises to cut the deficit from $845 billion this year to $528 billion in the 2014 budget year that starts in October. The deficit would drop to $125 billion in 2015 and hover pretty much near balance for several years before registering a $7 billion surplus in 2023.
Murray's plan, by contrast, promises a $693 billion deficit in 2014, dropping to the $400 billion range for the middle years of the decade. While large, such deficits would hover just above 2 percent of gross domestic product, a level that many analysts see as economically sustainable.
Democrats warn that the slashing cuts proposed by Ryan would impose austerity that would slam the economy into a tailspin; Republicans counter that reducing the drag that spiraling debt is placing on future generations is critical to long-term economic growth.
Ryan's plan embraces tough new spending levels required under the unpopular, across-the-board spending cuts known as a sequester that began to take effect this month. But in order to protect the Pentagon, Republicans cut even more deeply into the day-to-day operating budgets of domestic agencies next year, slashing them from the $506 billion projected under the 2011 debt and budget pact to $414 billion - an unprecedented 18 percent cut.
Over 10 years, Republicans propose cuts to non-defense agency budgets $895 billion below those envisioned less than two years ago.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., responsible for implementing those cuts, is declining comment. The proposed spending cuts, if not changed, are likely to hamstring efforts later this year to advance the annual spending bills for domestic agencies.
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Ryan revives his controversial plan that, starting in 2024 for workers born in 1959 or after, would replace traditional Medicare with a voucher-like government subsidy for people to buy health insurance on the open market. Murray proposes modest cuts to Medicare providers.
Ryan proposes slashing the Medicaid health care program for the poor and disabled by more than $700 billion over 10 years, while Murray would trim it by a negligible $10 billion. Ryan promises to eliminate $1.8 trillion in subsidies in the president's health care law; Murray doesn't touch them.
"There are no sacred cows," Murray said. "We put everything we can on the table, but we do it in a responsible way that preserves, protects and strengthens the programs like Medicare and Medicaid that the American people strongly support."


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HANOI, September 26 (Compass Direct News) – Authorities in Hanoi have responded to months of Catholic prayer vigils and demonstrations over disputed land by destroying the one-time residence of the papal nuncio in central Hanoi.
In suddenly bulldozing the land that once served as the Vatican embassy and residence near St. Joseph's Cathedral last Friday (Sept. 19), the government broke its promise to Catholic leaders in February to negotiate a settlement concerning the property.
The destruction of the building held sacred by Catholics is the latest blow to Christians' long struggle to get the government to return confiscated church properties. Catholic, Protestant and other religious leaders deemed the government response to peaceful Catholic pressure a serious setback for religious freedom.
Authorities cite Vietnamese law stipulating that lands subject to "land management and socialist land reform policies in place before 1991" cannot be considered.
On Monday (Sept. 22) the Vietnam News Agency reported that the Catholic Church ceded the Nha Chung Vatican Embassy property to the state in 1961 and that it would be turned into a library and park.
"Bookworms will soon be able to enjoy the facilities offered by a brand-new library, located at 42 Nha Chung Street, in Hoan Kiem District," the state reported. "In addition to all of the services usually offered by a library, situated on the premises of an existing three-story, French-designed building surrounded by greenery and including a childrens' playground, the renovation, which began last Friday, aims to better meet Hanoians' demands for relaxation."
Sources said Vietnam's frequent pronouncements of new openness to religion, and the formation of a joint Catholic/government working committee regarding relationships with the Vatican and other outstanding matters, may have led Catholics to test the waters. Late last year Catholics began to hold prayer vigils outside the fence of the long-vacant Vatican Embassy seized by the government in the mid-1950s.
The historic building property on Nha Chung Street is adjacent to the Hanoi archbishop and cardinal's residence and only a half block away from St. Joseph's Cathedral in Hanoi's Old Quarter.
The daily morning and evening prayer vigils began to draw large crowds, especially on Saturdays and Sundays, when thousands came to Masses at the cathedral. Authorities in a country where demonstrations are not allowed became seriously worried when warnings to stop went unheeded.
In discussion with Catholic leaders in late February, the government agreed to negotiate a settlement in good faith on the condition that Catholic leaders would call a halt to the prayer vigils. Archbishop of Hanoi Ngo Quang Kiet told Compass in April that after agreeing to a joint working committee, the government showed no sincerity in building relationships or in settling grievances.
In late August an aide to the archbishop told Compass in Hanoi that the twice daily prayer vigils had resumed. At that time about 100 people participated each time, but the number and intensity was growing. Catholic leaders made no secret of their appeal to prayer and assembled people as their only tools in their struggle with the government for redress on confiscated properties.
In recent weeks the Redemptorists at Thai Ha, also in Hanoi, also began prayer vigils to recover some of their large property. Over the years their part of an original plot of 60,000 square meters had been reduced by government confiscation to less than 2,000 square meters.
According to observers, the Catholics conducted themselves during their vigils with decorum and order as they reverently marched, prayed and sang. The government's response however, quickly escalated from accusing the Catholics of interfering with traffic to accusing them of all night public disturbances – and then accusing Catholic leaders of inciting riots and breaking religion laws.
Catholic Leaders Warned
Authorities this week delivered a written warning to Archbishop Kiet warning him of "extreme action" if he did not stop the daily prayer vigils. They also issued a warning to four priests at a Hanoi church locked in the land dispute. The archbishop and priests are accused of "stirring the population" and encouraging illegal religious activity.
State and Hanoi city media releases and radio and TV coverage during September painted the Catholics in the worst possible light; sources said the media fabricated stories and paid people to speak against the Catholics. With no opportunity to make their side of the story known through Vietnam's state-controlled media, Catholics are reporting events through VietCatholic News, Zenit and other overseas news sites.
Catholic calls for media to retract specific, demonstrably false stories and appeals to press laws have gone entirely unheeded. Rather, sources said, improbable accusations and vicious slander against Catholics sharply escalated.
Vietnam Cardinal Jean Baptiste Pham Minh Man, archbishop of Saigon, wrote a letter to all priests, religious and faithful on Monday (Sept. 22) denouncing the state's media lies. Unrest is spreading throughout Vietnam's Catholic community, believed to number more than 7 million, as the letter by the cardinal and others by bishops are read in the churches.
Thugs Bussed In
Demonstrations escalated this week with estimates of 7,000 to 10,000 people, including students gathered at Thai Ha on Wednesday night (Sept. 24). It was said to be the largest public demonstration since the Communist unification of Vietnam 33 years ago.
Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 24), hundreds of police and plainclothes officers tried to control an upset crowd of Catholics as a statue of the Virgin Mary was removed from the Vatican Embassy area under police protection and taken to an unknown location. The next day, sources said, authorities recruited gangs that included uniformed Communist youth league members and others and bussed them to the site, where they attacked Catholic protestors outside the archbishop's residence.
Similar gangs destroyed property, including sacred items at Thai Ha, the same day.
The state media also announced that the 17,000-square meter Thai Ha Redemptorist property in Hanoi is also to be turned into a public park.
The reversion to old-style, default Communist repression involving violence cloaked in lies is also worrying to Vietnam's Protestants, some of whom have joined Catholics in the prayer vigils.
Protestant leaders contacted by Compass were united in their disappointment in and condemnation of the government's belligerent response to peaceful prayer vigils.
"Sadly, the government has again shown its true attitude toward religions," said one Protestant leader. "We have doubted the sincerity of recent improvements, and now they have clearly shown everyone what is still in their hearts."
Some Vietnam observers fear the government's belligerence may be evidence of hard-liners' ascendance in an ongoing struggle with more moderate reformers. The timing of this property destruction, some Vietnamese church leaders said, is calculated to take advantage of uncertainty in the United States, especially as elections draw near.
Report from Compass Direct News


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DAYTONA BEACH -- A NASCAR gender barrier, which stood for 64 years, was shattered Sunday by Danica Patrick, who is quickly reshaping Speedweeks into "She-weeks."
The 30-year-old Patrick nabbed the Daytona 500 pole, becoming the first female to earn a No. 1 starting spot since the Sprint Cup Series was formed in 1949.
Going eighth off the qualifying line, Patrick zipped around Daytona International Speedway's 2.5-mile tri-oval at 196.434 mph, the fastest Daytona 500 pole-winning speed since 1990.
"I think when the pressure's on, when the spotlight is on, I do feel like it ultimately ends up becoming some of my better moments, better races, better results," said Patrick, who posted the fastest lap in Saturday's single-car practice sessions.
"I don't know why that is. I'm grateful for it because the opposite of that would be I'm guessing I probably wouldn't be here today, and I wouldn't be in the position I'm in."
After posting her speed aboard the No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet, Patrick had to wait more than 90 minutes as 37 more drivers tried to knock her off the pole. She made a television appearance and did a workout routine to bide the time.
Jeff Gordon, who went out as the 29th car, nearly caught her on the track. The four-time Cup champion was clocked at 196.292 mph. He will start on the outside pole position for the fourth time in his 20-year Daytona 500 career.
"It's great to be a part of history with Danica being on the pole," Gordon said. "I think we all know how popular she is, what this will do for our sport. Congratulations to her. Proud to be on there with her."
Rounding out the top five were 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, (195.976), '08 Daytona 500 champ Ryan Newman (195.946) and Tony Stewart (195.925).
Stewart co-owns the cars driven by Patrick and Newman. Stewart was at the top of the speed charts before Patrick came along and bumped him off.
"I think all three of us ran great laps," Stewart said. "But I don't know if she did something a little different or if it was (her crew chief) Tony Gibson and her guys. But as a package, they did a great job."
Gibson is a Spruce Creek graduate. Gordon's crew chief, Alan Gustafson, is a Seabreeze graduate.
"We gave her a product that was really good, and she took it the rest of the way," Gibson said.
Sunday's time-trial session was the first step in the qualifying process. Only Patrick and Gordon are guaranteed starting spots for next Sunday's Daytona 500. The remaining 41 grid spots will be decided in Thursday's Budweiser Duel qualifying races.
Until then, the spotlight will stay with Patrick, who rocketed past the previous record for a top starting spot by a NASCAR female.
Janet Guthrie previously held the mark, twice starting ninth in 1977. She started ninth at Talladega Superspeedway on Aug. 7, 1977 and at Bristol Motor Speedway on Aug. 28, 1977.
The previous best starting position for a female in the Daytona 500 was 18th by Guthrie in 1980. Patrick is the first rookie to win the 500 pole since Jimmie Johnson in 2002.
"Tony built a fast car, and I'm just lucky to drive it," Patrick said. "We're going to enjoy this pole, and we're going to get to enjoy it for a week."
This is quickly becoming Danica's Daytona. She was the toast of NASCAR Media Day on Thursday after she detailed her relationship with fellow Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Both are vying for Cup Series Rookie of the Year honors.
"The pole is good for the team and it's good for Go Daddy, good for NASCAR," Patrick said of the attention pivoting from her personal life back to the track. "I don't mind answering questions about the other stuff, but it's nice to change the tone of the questions because of what's going on at the track."
Patrick was not eligible for Saturday's Sprint Unlimited At Daytona, won by Kevin Harvick, but bounced right back into the limelight Sunday.
All of this has put a smile on the face of Speedway president Joie Chitwood III.
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DANICA PATRICK As if the Daytona 500 doesn't get enough attention ... Danica's pole run will be a ticket and ratings bonanza. JEFF GORDON Whew! Remember when Sterling Marlin knocked Richard Petty from the pole for the 1992 Firecracker 400? Jeff seemed glad to fall a whisker short. — Ken Willis


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When the temperatures and wind chills contribute to extremely cold winter weather, pets who spend most of their time outdoors often face harmful and dangerous conditions.
Ionia County Animal Shelter Manager Robin Anderson said shelter is one of the most necessary items when cold weather strikes. She said areas need to have clean, dry straw to help keep the animal warm. Towels or blankets might seem to be a better idea, but Anderson said the fabric can become wet and freeze, doing more harm.
"Straw is a main factor to keep the animal warm because it's an insulator," said Anderson.
In addition, pets should always have access to fresh water, and pet owners should make sure any water placed outside is not frozen. To help counter freezing, Anderson said heated water bowls are available.
"If they don't have access to water, they can come dehydrated very quickly. If you don't have a heated water bowl, owners need to check every few hours to make sure water isn't frozen. It doesn't take long for water to freeze in these temperatures," she added.
In terms of food, Sterner Veterinary Clinic Dr. Julie Estell said animals who are outside need additional caloric intake to keep them healthy and sustain an acceptable body temperature.
Frostbite is another consequence of the cold, which can affect animals in more severe ways depending on breed, coat and how long the pet has been kept outdoors. Many dogs should not be outside for longer periods, especially if they are indoor pets.
"You don't want them walking around for too long because they can get frostbite just like us," Anderson said.
She suggests placing a sweater or coat on a smaller animal or a pet with short hair if they are going outside, and that time should be on the shorter side to avoid frostbite on their paws.
In addition, Anderson said pet owners should try to avoid having their animals on salted paths, which can be painful if the paw is cracked and dry. Salt can also be harmful if ingested.
Estell said a dog that is used to being outside and has adjusted to falling temperatures should be OK with the proper shelter. However, animals that are not used to the conditions or do not have the proper shelter can sustain nerve damage. She said worst case scenarios mean amputation, but pet owners can try to warm the animal slowly in a warm bath to increase the body's core temperature.
"You want to do it very, very slowly. If you go overboard, you're going to send their system into shock," Estell said.
Typically, she added, the warmth will naturally return.
Anderson said if temperatures are so severe pet owners bring outdoor pets inside, beds should be off ground surfaces which can retain the cold.
She added residents who see strays can bring them to the animal shelter, but she said live traps should not be used during the winter season.
Another way to keep outdoor cats safe is to make sure they are out of dangerous situations that may be preventable. Anderson said stray or outdoor cats may try to hide up near the engine of a vehicle to stay warm, so citizens can sound the horn or make noise on the hood of the vehicle to startle the animal before turning on the engine.
For more tips, call the Ionia County Animal Shelter at 616-527-9040 or Sterner Veterinary Clinic at 616-527-3320.
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